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paraesthesia

paraesthesia is the alternative spelling of paresthesia.

Meaning of paresthesia

Noun

paresthesia (countable and uncountable, plural paresthesias or paresthesiae)

  1. A sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause.
    • Paresthesia occurs when a body part 'falls asleep'.

Forms of paraesthesia

pluralparaesthesias

Origin of paraesthesia

From par- + -aesthesia.

Words formed from paraesthesia

Questions about paraesthesia

What is paraesthesia the alternative spelling of?
Paraesthesia is the alternative spelling of paresthesia.

Words near paraesthesia in the dictionary

  1. paraenetic
  2. paraenetical
  3. paraenetically
  4. paraepiglottic
  5. paraesophageal
  6. paraesthesia
  7. paraesthesias
  8. paraesthesis
  9. paraesthetic
  10. paraetymology
  11. paraexciton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paraesthesia (page history and authors); paresthesia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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